BRS stages protest over drinking water shortage at Khairatabad Water Board office

Scenes reminiscent of earlier summer water crises resurfaced after a decade in the city as residents staged a protest at the HMWSSB office in Khairatabad on Saturday over inadequate drinking water supply.

Holding empty pots, men and women from different localities gathered at the office under the leadership of BRS LB Nagar MLA Devireddy Sudheer Reddy. The protesters raised slogans against the Congress government and demanded immediate measures to resolve the drinking water shortage in several parts of



Hyderabad.

Addressing the gathering, Sudheer Reddy said Hyderabad requires nearly 750 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) of drinking water, but the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) was supplying only around 550 MGD.

He alleged that the shortfall had left residents in many colonies struggling for drinking water during peak summer.

Former corporators, senior BRS leaders, activists and party workers participated in the protest.